42-102422 Catfish
Personal excerpt journal of KV Cashman.
Object Number - UPL 31933 - Sans Parachutes...
Delivered Cheyenne 2/3/44; Hunter 15/3/44; Morrison 7/4/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 17/4/44; Missing in Action Memmingen 18/7/44 with Tim Gunn, Fuehrer, Cashman, Howland, Fischetti, Nicholas, Frieman, Odiorne, Niezgocki (9 Killed in Action); Jaski wg (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Schwarserd [spelling?], Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7098.
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Units served with
![Seen through a 433rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress' strike camera, a 816th Bomb Squadron B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5786) nicknamed "Whizzer II" goes down over Nis in Yugoslavia on the 15th of April 1944 in a gout of flame after taking a direct flak hit. There were no survivors. Official caption on image: "(483BG:4M3:2VI) (4:15:1208) (24:21300) ([south-west arrow] 140 [degrees]) (Nis M/Y Yugo) (Ship 111 816 Sq)." Handwritten caption on reverse: '15/4/44. 483BG, 15AF. Nis, Yugoslavia. 42-5786](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-457805.jpg.webp?itok=YT0rrjph)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
From the personal Journal of LT KV Cashman.
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-700700
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35789368
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
87700 Memmingen, Germany | 18 July 1944 | |
|
Crashed |
87700 Memmingen, Germany | 18 July 1944 |
Revisions
Baugher, USAAF SRIAL NUMBERS
Marc Poole at FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945 disscussion of CATFISH , March 24-26, 2019
AAM image.
Freeman; THE FLYING FORTRESS STORY.
Added events from biographical information. MACR reports that aircraft was attacked by fighters between Kempten, the IP, and Memmingen, the target. It reports that the aircraft crashed in the vicinity of the target.
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Family memoirs from KV Cashman leather bound military journal.
KV Cashman's personal memoirs from his leather bound writing journal.
